Admist the tumult of Hurricane Sandy, William Saletan is wondering why Chris Christie would order forced evacuations from coastal regions when the New Jersey Governor has previously expressed hostility to the notion that government should order people to buy health insurance. Saletan
asks:
Hurricanes and health care are different in many ways, of course. Buying
health insurance is more expensive than evacuating for a natural
disaster. But in both cases, the question is whether you should be
allowed to make your own choices when the cost of bailing you out will
fall on others. If the state has no business forcing you buy health
insurance, even when the premiums are subsidized, why should it be
empowered to order you out of your home in a storm, just to save your
skin? Why do Republican governors think they can have it both ways?
However, Christie has already answered Saletan's question, and the quote is at the beginning of this same piece. These are the words of the Governor as quoted by Saletan:
For those folks on the barriers: You’re putting other people in harm’s
way as well. We already have rescues ongoing on the barrier islands.
This is putting first responders in significant, significant danger, and
it is not fair to their families for you to be putting them in that
danger because you decided that you wanted to be hardheaded.
Not having health insurance doesn't put anyone else in harm's way.
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